-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- GUIDE TO LUCKLESS MAGE v1.01 --------------------------- (MapleSEA patch 0.35) --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GUIDE TO LUCKLESS MAGE by KENSON (kenson@myself.com) dated: 20/11/06 (dedicated to my darling CYNTHIA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- COPYRIGHTS (C) KENSON 2006. kenson@myself.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. -------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This guide may not be replicated under any circumstances except for personal, private uses. It may not be placed on any websites or otherwise disributed publicly without advance written permission from Kenson. Use of this guide or any parts of it on any other website as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this documents are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. So far, only this website may host this guide >www.hidden-street.net< pls do not contact me with a question already answered in this guide but do email me with suggestions, information, and grammatical errors. I will also try to get back to u asap about ur qs. If u do email me with information and constructive suggestions, i will put ur name into the credits section. comments and criticism are also welcomed. oh and pls email me once only with proper subject line, don't keep emailing me the same thing i'll add u to my spam list, only constructive suggestions related to this luckless mage guide will be considered added. i received numerous criticism emails all debating luck mage are better. u know what? i suggest u make another luck mage guide and stop poking into my guide. but after reading my guide shud hav convince u more to thinking luckless mage are better and if u still think luck mage is better than luckless mage, i hav nth more to say than sigh for u. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- MY DETAILS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- email: kenson@myself.com MSN: vokenson@hotmail.com friendster: kenson@myself.com handphone: +6012 828 8168 (during day time only) PangyaSEA ign: kenson MapleSEA ign: luckless ice/lighting - icEyzEUs (retired) luckless fire/poison - QQphoenix (retired) luckless priest - nosnek (new char) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- DISCLAIMERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: This guide is not for new players of Maple Story. when preparing this guide i assumed that all skills and phrases mentioned are known by the readers. if u don't just browse around the website that hosted this guide. surely there will be some other guides that give full detailed descriptions of skills and phrases. BTW: i hav a bad habit of not capitalizing the letter after full stop. ooppsss XD regular mage, normal mage, common mage or what ever u call them that levels with luck AP distribution and able to use magician equipment that requires luck was regarded as common mage in version 1.00 of this guide. in this version 1.01 all common mage are relabeled as LUCK MAGE to avoid confusion. sorry for any complications and confusion caused for version 1.00. TY ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- UPDATES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > version 1.01 - 4th job listing !! - some minor skill build changes - content listing for better reference - better section headings, numberings and arrangements - more monsters added to best leveling spots - updated credits section - details about damage and accuracy of pure int - new comparison equip calculation with Magicodar for luck mage at LVL88 - some grammatical and spelling corrections - and DUH!!!! ABBREVIATION section... sigh i thought i can skip this initially previous > version 1.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- CONTENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 1.0 AP POINTS DISTRIBUTION --- 2.0 1ST JOB: MAGICIAN SP DISTRIBUTION --- 3.0 2ND JOB: WIZARD SP DISTRIBUTION 3.1 Ice/Lighting Wizard Skills 3.2 Fire/Poison Wizard Skills 3.3 Cleric Skills --- 4.0 3rd Job: MAGE SP DISTRIBUTION 4.1 Ice/Lighting Mage Skills 4.2 Fire/Poison Mage Skills 4.3 Priest --- 5.0 4TH JOB SKILLS 5.1 Ice/Lightning Arch Mage Skills 5.2 Fire/Poison Arch Mage Skills 5.3 Bishop 5.4 References --- 6.0 ACCURACY ISSUES 6.1 Abilities 6.2 Hands is Spell Accuracy 6.3 References --- 7.0 COMPARISON OF EQUIPS 7.1 LEVEL 88 LUCKLESS MAGE 7.2 LEVEL 88 LUCK MAGE --- 8.0 RECOMMENDED AVERAGE EQUIP FOR LUCKLESS MAGE --- 9.0 FAQ --- 10.0 PROS & CONS --- 11.0 ABBREVIATION --- 12.0 PERSONAL STUFF --- 13.0 CREDITS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 1.0 AP POINTS DISTRIBUTION ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a guide for the LUCKLESS MAGE THAT INCLUDES ICE/LIGHTING, FIRE/POISON and PRIEST MAGE class of the game Maple Story. Covers the AP distribution and skill build recommendation for all 1st job MAGICIAN, 2nd job ICE/LIGHTING, FIRE/POISON and CLERIC and until 3rd job ICE/LIGHTING, FIRE/POISON and PRIEST. DICE ROLLING... (my personal experience) no guarantees !! luck mage (takes about 10 mins - 1/2 hrs) Str: 4/5 Dex: 4/5 Int: ANY Luk: ANY luck prefect mage (takes about 1/2 hrs - 1 hrs) Str: 4 Dex: 4 Int: ANY Luk: ANY luckless mage (takes about 2 hrs - 3 hrs) Str: 4 Dex: 4 Int: 12 Luk: 5 luckless prefect mage (nearly 6 hrs - 8 hrs) Str: 4 Dex: 4 Int: 13 Luk: 4 OR HINTS: to get a luckless prefect mage in few minutes. requirements: lazy & darn rich JUST ROLL ANY STAT AND USE A-CASH TO RESET ALL THE ADDITIONAL AP POINTS TO INT XD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 2.0 1ST JOB: MAGICIAN SP DISTRIBUTION -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- don’t save on those MP pots. u'll earn more when u r higher level! i am able to level from 1-30 in 18 hrs in this build... chiooooong ahhhhhhh !!! XD Levels 8-13: Henesys Training Ground by (Three Snails - Level 3: Red Snail Shell -1, MP -20; Damage 40) Levels 13-20: Henesys Training Ground Levels 21-30: PQ or Ant Tunnel 08: Improving MP Recovery +1 09: Improving MP Recovery +3 10: Improving MP Recovery +1, Improving Max MP Increase +2 11: Improving Max MP Increase +3 12: Improving Max MP Increase +3 13: Improving Max MP Increase +2, Energy Bolt +1 14: Magic Claw +3 15: Magic Claw +3 16: Magic Claw +3 17: Magic Claw +1, Save 2 SP 18: Save 3 SP 19: Save 3 SP 20: Magic Claw +10, Improving MP Recovery +1 21: Improving MP Recovery +3 22: Improving MP Recovery +3 23: Improving MP Recovery +3 24: Improving MP Recovery +1, Magic Guard +2 25: Magic Guard +3 26: Magic Guard +3 27: Magic Guard +3 28: Magic Guard +3 29: Magic Guard +3 30: Magic Guard +3 Improving Max MP Increase: 10 (maxed) Energy Bolt: 1 Improving MP Recovery: 16 (maxed) Magic Claw: 20 (maxed) Magic Guard: 20 (maxed) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 3.0 2ND JOB: WIZARD SP DISTRIBUTION ---------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 3.1 Ice/Lighting Wizard Skills being luckless cold beam will help keeping those monsters at safe distance while causing decent damage to them. lighting bolt at later when more capable of dealing higher damage to kill lorangs and clangs that have high spawn rates. Levels 31-34: Ant Tunnel Levels 35-40: PQ or Fire boars Levels 41-50: PQ or Jr Cellions, Jr Lioners Levels 51-55: Lorangs, Copper Drakes, Stone Gollems Levels 56-70: Clangs, Cellions, Lioners, Red Drakes 30: Cold Beam +1 31: Cold Beam +3 32: Cold Beam +3 33: Cold Beam +3 34: Cold Beam +3 35: Cold Beam +2, Save 1 SP 36: Save 3 SP 37: Save 3 SP 38: Save 3 SP 39: Save 3 SP 40: Cold Beam +15, MP Eater +1 41: Meditation +3 42: Meditation +3 43: Meditation +3 44: Meditation +3 45: Meditation +3 46: Meditation +3 47: Meditate +2, MP Eater +1 48: MP Eater +3 49: MP Eater +3 50: MP Eater +3 51: MP Eater +3 52: MP Eater +3 53: MP Eater +1, Teleport +2 54: Thunder Bolt +3 55: Thunder Bolt +3 56: Thunder Bolt +3 57: Thunder Bolt +3 58: Thunder Bolt +3 59: Save 3 SP 60: Save 3 SP 61: Save 3 SP 62: Save 3 SP 63: Thunder Bolt +15 64: Teleport +3 65: Teleport +3 66: Teleport +3 67: Teleport +3 68: Teleport +3 69: Teleport +3 70: Teleport +2, Extra 1 SP Cold Beam: 30 (maxed) Meditation: 20 (maxed) MP Eater: 20 (maxed) Thunder Bolt: 30 (maxed) Teleport: 20 (maxed) Extra 1 SP (to anything) --- 3.2 Fire/Poison Wizard Skills expect ur 1st 1k damage at lvl35 with fire arrow and 2k at lvl40 at lvl 50 a damage of 3k to Jr. Grupin is just impressive and able to do 1 hit KO easily. the horns collected can be used for the exchange quest to increase acceleration of leveling. i hav screen shots proving these claims email me and i'll be most delighted to attach those ss for ur reference. Levels 31-34: Ant Tunnel Levels 35-40: PQ or Jr. Wraith Levels 41-50: PQ or Jr. Grupin, Jr. Pepe Levels 51-60: Nependeath, Jr. Yeti Levels 61-70: Grupin, White Pang, Pepe, Yeti, Jr. Yeti (Transformed) 30: Fire Arrow +1 31: Fire Arrow +3 32: Fire Arrow +3 33: Fire Arrow +3 34: Fire Arrow +3 35: Fire Arrow +2, Save 1 SP 36: Save 3 SP 37: Save 3 SP 38: Save 3 SP 39: Save 3 SP 40: Fire Arrow +15, Meditation +1 41: Meditation +3 42: Meditation +3 43: Meditation +3 44: Meditation +3 45: Meditation +3 46: Meditation +3 47: Meditation +1, MP Eater +2 48: MP Eater +3 49: MP Eater +3 50: MP Eater +3 51: MP Eater +3 52: MP Eater +3 53: MP Eater +3 54: Teleport +3 55: Teleport +3 56: Teleport +3 57: Teleport +3 58: Teleport +3 59: Teleport +3 60: Teleport +2, Slow +1 61: Slow +3 62: Slow +3 63: Slow +3 64: Slow +3 65: Slow +3 66: Slow +3 67: Slow +1, Poison Breath +2 68: Poison Breath +3 69: Poison Breath +3 70: Poison Breath +3 Fire Arrow: 30 (maxed) Meditation: 20 (maxed) MP Eater: 20 (maxed) Teleport: 20 (maxed) Slow: 30 (maxed) Poison Breath: 11 --- 3.3 Cleric Skills holy arrow is useless compared to level 1 of shining ray of 3rd job, just concentrate on leveling till 3rd job. just few levels away. shining ray level 1 alone is way more better than holy arrow maxed !! just imagine u r hitting a decent range of dark monster at once and all those damages at an expense of few MP and less time taken to kill them all using shining ray compared to holy arrow... Levels 31-35: Ant Tunnel Levels 36-40: PQ or Chronos Levels 41-50: PQ or Platoon Chronos Levels 51-70: Wraiths, MG map or party leveling 30: Heal +1 31: Heal +3 32: Heal +3 33: Heal +3 34: Heal +3 35: Heal +2, Save 1 SP 36: Save 3 SP 37: Save 3 SP 38: Save 3 SP 39: Save 3 SP 40: Heal +15, MP Eater +1 41: Bless +3 42: Bless +3 43: Bless +3 44: Bless +1, Invincible +2 45: Invincible +3 46: Invincible +3 47: Invincible +2, Bless +1 48: Bless +3 49: Bless +3 50: Bless +3 51: Invincible +3 52: Invincible +3 53: Invincible +3 54: Invincible +1, Mp Eater +2 55: Mp Eater +3 56: Mp Eater +3 57: Mp Eater +3 58: Mp Eater +3 59: Mp Eater +3 60: Mp Eater +2, Teleport +1 61: Teleport +3 62: Teleport +3 63: Teleport +3 64: Teleport +3 65: Teleport +3 66: Teleport +3 67: Teleport +1, Holy Arrow +2 68: Holy Arrow +3 69: Holy Arrow +3 70: Holy Arrow +3 MP Eater: 20 (maxed) Teleport: 20 (maxed) Heal: 30 (maxed) Invincible: 20 (maxed) Bless: 20 (maxed) Holy Arrow: 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 4.0 3rd Job: MAGE SP DISTRIBUTION ------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 4.1 Ice/Lighting Mage Skills magic composition will help getting rich faster with the high damage able to be applied by being luckless mage but will be causing other skills to be delayed drastically. therefore as luckless concentrates on damage i decided to go for thunder spear maximizing its damage with element amplification and then boost its speed +2 at lvl 11, then max other skills... ignoring partial resistance... why will a ice/lighting mage goes leveling at a place where the all the ice/lighting based monsters are all around... Levels 70-80+: Clangs, Buffoons, Dead Teddies, Spirit Vikings or party leveling 70: Thunder Spear +1 71: Thunder Spear +3 72: Thunder Spear +3 73: Thunder Spear +3 74: Thunder Spear +3 75: Thunder Spear +3 76: Thunder Spear +3 77: Thunder Spear +3 78: Thunder Spear +3 79: Thunder Spear +3 80: Thunder Spear +2, Element Amplification +1 81: Element Amplification +3 82: Element Amplification +3 83: Element Amplification +3 84: Element Amplification +3 85: Element Amplification +3 86: Element Amplification +3 87: Element Amplification +3 88: Element Amplification +3 89: Element Amplification +3 90: Element Amplification +2, Magic Booster +1 91: Magic Booster +3 92: Magic Booster +3 93: Magic Booster +3 94: Magic Booster +1, Ice Strike +2 95: Ice Strike +3 96: Ice Strike +3 97: Ice Strike +3 98: Ice Strike +3 99: Ice Strike +3 100: Ice Strike +3 101: Ice Strike +3 102: Ice Strike +3 103: Ice Strike +3 104: Ice Strike +1, Magic Composition +2 105: Magic Composition +3 106: Magic Composition +3 107: Magic Composition +3 108: Magic Composition +3 109: Magic Composition +3 110: Magic Composition +3 111: Magic Composition +3 112: Magic Composition +3 113: Magic Composition +3 114: Magic Composition +1, Seal +2 115: Seal +3 116: Seal +3 117: Seal +3 118: Seal +3 119: Seal +3 120: Seal +3 Thunder Spear: 30 (maxed) Element Amplification: 20 (maxed) Magic Booster: 11 Ice Strike: 30 (maxed) Magic Composition: 30 (maxed) Seal: 20 (maxed) Partial Resistance (ignored) --- 4.2 Fire/Poison Mage Skills magic composition will help getting rich faster with the high damage able to be applied by being luckless mage but will be causing other skills to be delayed dractically. therefore as luckless concentrates on damage i decided to go for magic composition maximizing its damage with element amplification and then boost its speed +2 at lvl 11, then max other skills... ignoring partial resistance... why will a fire/poison mage goes leveling at a place where the all the fire/poison based monsters are all around.. later with both poison myst and explosion maxed... able to leveling with higher level mobs by casting poison myst at lower level climb up to next level casting poison myst again then down to the lower lever all the mobs should be poisoned to very low hp and cast explosion clearing the lower lever goes up does the same. continuing the cycle not only earn a lot of exp but also speed up chances of getting rare items. only applicable on hunting grounds that have upper and lower deck and oh... with one condition that no other people around that may KS. Levels 70-80+: Yeti & Pepe, Lycanthrope or party leveling 70: Magic Composition +1 71: Magic Composition +3 72: Magic Composition +3 73: Magic Composition +3 74: Magic Composition +3 75: Magic Composition +3 76: Magic Composition +3 77: Magic Composition +3 78: Magic Composition +3 79: Magic Composition +3 80: Magic Composition +2, Element Amplification +1 81: Element Amplification +3 82: Element Amplification +3 83: Element Amplification +3 84: Element Amplification +3 85: Element Amplification +3 86: Element Amplification +3 87: Element Amplification +3 88: Element Amplification +3 89: Element Amplification +3 90: Element Amplification +2, Magic Booster +1 91: Magic Booster +3 92: Magic Booster +3 93: Magic Booster +3 94: Magic Booster +1, Poison Myst +2 95: Poison Myst +3 96: Poison Myst +3 97: Poison Myst +3 98: Poison Myst +3 99: Poison Myst +3 100: Poison Myst +3 101: Poison Myst +3 102: Poison Myst +3 103: Poison Myst +3 104: Poison Myst +1, Explosion +2 105: Explosion +3 106: Explosion +3 107: Explosion +3 108: Explosion +3 109: Explosion +3 110: Explosion +3 111: Explosion +3 112: Explosion +3 113: Explosion +3 114: Explosion +1, Seal +2 115: Seal +3 116: Seal +3 117: Seal +3 118: Seal +3 119: Seal +3 120: Seal +3 Magic Composition: 30 (maxed) Element Amplification: 20 (maxed) Magic Booster: 11 Poison Myst: 30 (maxed) Explosion: 30 (maxed) Seal: 20 (maxed) Partial Resistance (ignored) --- 4.3 Priest holy symbol helps u levels faster and be welcomed in party. doom skill is super needed in turning those painful mobs to all into cute creatures XD at only an expense of a magic rock. mystic door level 1 as 30 sec is more than enuf. dispel at level 10 to support the party more when faced with curse. Levels 70-80+: Wraiths, Dead Teddies, Master Soul Teddies or party leveling 70: Shining Ray +1 71: Dispel +3 72: Holy Symbol +3 73: Holy Symbol +3 74: Holy Symbol +3 75: Holy Symbol +3 76: Holy Symbol +3 77: Holy Symbol +3 78: Holy Symbol +3 79: Holy Symbol +3 80: Holy Symbol +3 81: Holy Symbol +3 82: Doom +3 83: Doom +3 84: Doom +3 85: Doom +3 86: Doom +3 87: Doom +3 88: Doom +3 89: Doom +3 90: Doom +3 91: Doom +3 92: Shining Ray +3 93: Shining Ray +3 94: Shining Ray +3 95: Shining Ray +3 96: Shining Ray +3 97: Shining Ray +3 98: Shining Ray +3 99: Shining Ray +3 100: Shining Ray +3 101: Shining Ray +2, Mystic Door +1 102: Dispel +3 103: Dispel +3 104: Dispel +1, Summon Dragon +2 105: Summon Dragon +3 106: Summon Dragon +3 107: Summon Dragon +3 108: Summon Dragon +3 109: Summon Dragon +3 110: Summon Dragon +3 111: Summon Dragon +3 112: Summon Dragon +3 113: Summon Dragon +3 114: Summon Dragon +1, Element Resistance +2 115: Element Resistance +3 116: Element Resistance +3 117: Element Resistance +3 118: Element Resistance +3 119: Element Resistance +3 120: Element Resistance +3 Element Resistance: 20 (maxed) Holy Symbol: 30 (maxed) Summon Dragon: 30 (maxed) Doom: 30 (maxed) Shining Ray: 30 (maxed) Dispel: 10 Mystic Door: 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 5.0 4TH JOB SKILLS --------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th job advancements released in Tespia, the beta world of KoreaMS and are still being beta tested and Wizet may change the skill names that are mentioned here. --- 5.1 Ice/Lightning Arch Mage Skills Maple Hero Ice/Lightning Shield Mana Reflection Quantum Explosion Unlimited Mana Thunder Arrow Summon Fire Elemental Freeze --- 5.2 Fire/Poison Arch Mage Skills Maple Hero Fire/Poison Shield Mana Reflection Quantum Explosion Unlimited Mana Poison Arrow Summon Ice Elemental Flame --- 5.3 Bishop Maple Hero Mana Reflection Quantum Explosion Unlimited Mana Holy Ray Summon Holy Dragon Magic Interception. --- 5.4 References *** special thanks to the information on 4th job skills from www.wikipedia.com *** This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html It uses material from the Wikipedia article "MapleStory character classes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapleStory_character_classes" Wikipedia (R) is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 6.0 ACCURACY ISSUES -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mage all depend on magic attack and has no usage of AP such as STR, DEX and LUK. but due to the need to be able to equip magician equipments their might be some requirements that needed AP to be placed for STR, DEX and LUK. --- 6.1 Abilities Strength (STR) has a major effect on melee attacks, as well as somewhat affecting a bowman's ranged attacks and a thief's dagger and throwing star attacks. Dexterity (DEX) increases accuracy at the rate of 3 every 4 DEX points and avoidability at the rate of 1 every 4 DEX points. It has a minor effect in most melee damage except for bowmen who use it in place of Strength for damage. Intelligence (INT) increases magic attack, which determines spell accuracy and spell damage. It also increases magic defence. Luck (LUK) increases avoidability at the rate of 1 every 3 LUK points and accuracy at the rate of 1 every 2 LUK points. It also has a major effect on a thief's dagger and throwing star attacks. Some players believe that LUK increases the drop rate of items, however, this is not true. Also, when one dies, depending on the amount of LUK one has, the extent of EXP loss is lessened. Other job advancments e.g Bowman and Warrior do not require LUK whereas Thieves and Mages do. The most % exp can be lost with a good amount of LUK establishes will be 5% loss of experience. --- 6.2 Hands is Spell Accuracy luckless mage having higher damage will allow the ability to hit higher level monster but these brings up another issue about whether a luckless mage will be able to hit or miss the higher level monster. with each AP placed to INT obviously will determine the level of magic attack, spell accuracy, overall spell damage and also magic defence. In the character stat window, click on the green button labelled detail on the bottom right. break down details on Attack, Weapon Defence, Magic, Magic Defence, Accuracy, Avoidability, Hands, Speed and Jump will be shown. if u observe closely on each AP u applied on INT the Magic, Magic Defence and Hands values will be raised. obviously Magic is Magic Attack value and Magic Defence is the value of Defence against Magical Attacks. so this leaves Hands a question mark, i personally thinks its the spell accuracy (correct me if im wrong). therefore, i conclude with each AP applied on INT it increases spell accuracy too and the accuracy value are for melee, arrows and throwing stars. luckless mage therefore not only gain more higher damage but at the same time gain more magic defence plus spell accuracy against higher level monsters. --- 6.3 References *** special thanks to the information on abilities from www.wikipedia.com *** This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html It uses material from the Wikipedia article "MapleStory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapleStory" Wikipedia (R) is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 7.0 COMPARISON OF EQUIPS --------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- it's my personal views and judgements... if u think it's irrelevant and nonsense claims then pls stop here. else for readers that wish this guide can convince them to go for a luckless mage pls do read on... With the availability of GACHA common items !!! (e.g. yellow glove, yellow eigen, black umbrella and oh yeah those curse scrolls....) ALL LUCKLESS MAGE ARE AT ADVANTAGE !!! below i made a simple comparison choosing to compare a level 88 luckless mage with a level 88 luck mage with the best staff (meso wise worth and widely available) to a luck mage that is Magicodar. others are Pyogo Mushroom and Dimon Wand which are too rare and not to mention too extremely expensive. luckless mage best weapon is black umbrella which it's required level to equip is just level 70. equips for luck mage is not possible to godly scroll them... as it is expensive and rare. plus sooner or later after next few levels, new equips will tempt u to change... therefore we will compare luckless mage with luck mage both with clean equips... ATTN: all equips listed are clean to give a clearer cut comparison between the two builds. --- 7.1 LEVEL 88 LUCKLESS MAGE COMMON EQUIPS: yellow glove INT +3 black umbrella MATK 91 purple adventurer cape MATK 9 red maple bandana STR +2 DEX +2 INT +2 LUK +2 blue sauna robe yellow eigen INT +4 Dex +4 gold emerald earring INT +5 DEX +2 palette LUK +3 TOTAL INCREMENTS: INT +14 LUK +5 DEX +8 STR +2 MATK +100 for a LVL88 luckless mage will have Str: 4+2 (6) Dex: 4+8 (12) Int: 447+14 (461) Luk: 5+5 (10) *** special thanks to the damage calculator of www.hidden-street.net *** Minimum Damage: {[(MAG * 0.8) + (LUK/4)]/18} * Spell Magic Attack * Mastery Maximum Damage: {[{MAG * 0.8) + (LUK/4)]/18} * Spell Magic Attack MAG = TOTAL INT (461) + MATK (100) MAG = 561 Thunder Spear: Level 30: MP -24; Basic attack 170, mastery 60% Minimum Damage: 2550 Maximum Damage: 4250 --- 7.2 LEVEL 88 LUCK MAGE REQ. LUK EQUIPS: magicodar MATK 103 INT +1 dark galaxy INT +5 Black Oriental Fury Coat INT +6 LUK +3 dark enigma shoes INT +4 LUK +1 dark clarity gloves INT +4 LUK +2 purple adventurer cape MATK 9 gold emerald earring INT +5 DEX +2 esther shield INT +1 TOTAL INCREMENTS: INT +26 LUK +6 DEX +2 MATK +112 for a LVL88 luck mage will have Str: 4 (4) Dex: 4+2 (6) Int: 362+25 (387) Luk: 90+6 (96) *** special thanks to the damage calculator of www.hidden-street.net *** Minimum Damage: {[(MAG * 0.8) + (LUK/4)]/18} * Spell Magic Attack * Mastery Maximum Damage: {[{MAG * 0.8) + (LUK/4)]/18} * Spell Magic Attack MAG = TOTAL INT (387) + MATK (112) MAG = 499 Thunder Spear: Level 30: MP -24; Basic attack 170, mastery 60% Minimum Damage: 2398 < still lower than luckless mage Minimum Damage: 2550 Maximum Damage: 3996 < still lower than luckless mage Maximum Damage: 4250 obviously even comparing a luck mage to a luckless mage with disadvantage of equipment difference till level 88 of super high level magician equipment. luck mage still losses on the min and max damage. and to think that it is possible to have a godly scrolled equip that a luckless mage can use (e.g. level 30 blue sauna robe to INT +35) from level 30 till level 88. SUPER WORTH IT !!! not to mention have all yellow glove INT +3, black bandana INT +3, palette +3 etc. godly scrolled. all these are options to be godly scrolled and used for a long long time until new better common equips become available.it is good as u do not need to keep changing equip therefore have only option to godly scroll them !! LUCKLESS MAGE RULESSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 8.0 RECOMMENDED AVERAGE EQUIP FOR LUCKLESS MAGE ---------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the below recommendation are all average scrolled and not really godly scrolled... which will work just fine for any average luckless trial players! that is not so rich. pls note that all these equip is an investment of life. no more changes!! ITS WORTH IT!! EQUIPS: yellow glove INT +3 (INT +4 MATK +4) (scrolled 4 x 70% curse scrolls) (INT +4 MATK +4) (failed 1 x 70% curse scroll) black umbrella MATK 91 (INT +6 MATK +6) (scrolled 6 x 70% curse scrolls) (INT +6 MATK +6) (failed 1 x 70% curse scroll) purple adventurer cape MATK 9 (INT +8) (scrolled 4 x 60% scrolls) (INT +8) (failed 1 x 60% scroll) red maple bandana STR +2 DEX +2 INT +2 LUK +2 (INT +8) (scrolled 4 x 70% curse scrolls) (INT +8) (failed 1 x 70% curse scroll) blue sauna robe (INT +25 MP +30 MDEF +14) (scrolled 3 x 30% curse scrolls) (INT +15 MDEF +9) (scrolled 5 x 60% scrolls) (INT +10 MDEF +5) (failed 2 x 30% curse scrolls) gold emerald earring INT +5 DEX +2 (INT +5 MATK +5) (scrolled 5 x 70% curse scrolls) (INT +5 MATK +5) optional palette LUK +3 (LUK +10) (scrolled 5 x 70% curse scrolls) (LUK +10) (failed 2 x 70% curse scrolls) yellow eigen INT +4 Dex +4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 9.0 FAQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q: isnt that just few damages difference? A: do consider the expenses to keep changing equips and the high damage at earlier levels which ease leveling. plus saving time on buy/sell equips or hunting for them at places not suited for ur element to go (e.g. fire mage hitting fire boar?). And that few damage difference is only when reached level 88. at earlier levels i assure u that ur damage will be impressively HIGH !! Q: i can always godly scroll those high level magician equip and resell them later, so? A: godly scrolled items is more possible on cheaper equips such as sauna robe. as u can buy few sauna robe and start scrolling, breaking, failing etc. on them. plus for luck mage u need to start the whole process of scrolling each time when u get the new set of equips at higher level. Q: so with that high damage at low level that can easily 1 hit KO high level monsters won't luckless mage keep miss and miss while hitting high level monsters? A: yeah good question... i added a special accuracy issues section. pls refer top. Q: ok there are always many Qs... feel free to sent them to kenson@myself.com, if it's worth answering i'll kindly reply, else silly Qs (e.g. what is MP?) it get trashed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 10.0 PROS & CONS ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 PROS: 1. the rewards for the effort are TOTALLY 2 THUMBS UP!! 2. having a lot more min damage & max damage 3. easily out damage any other normal same level mage with magician equips 4. save tons of mesos by sticking to the same piece of equipment 5. no need to keep changing expensive mage equips (not to mention those prefect stat) 6. can totally invest on godly scroll "a use for life" equip (e.g. yellow glove int +3) 7. THE WHOLE IDEA OF LUCKLESS MAGE JUST SAVES MESOS, SAVE TIME, SAVE EFFORT... 8. use that mesos on MP pots no resting... LEVEL UP FASTER !!! 9. use that buy/sell time on leveling... LEVEL UP FASTER !!! 10. use that extra effort on leveling... LEVEL UP FASTER !!! 11. 1 hit KO high level & high exp monsters... LEVEL UP FASTER !!! 12. impress others with super high damage at earlier level and makes them drop their jaw 13. with all the time used on leveling... get rich faster with drops 14. even being level low but leveling at places with many high level peoples, be proud 15. NO MORE FUSS of changing equips, scrolling them, selling them, finding scrolls, hunting for equips, prefect stat equips, repeating visit to free market, hunting at odd places, wasting time buy/sell, wasting time hunting, wasting time scrolling.... 3 CONS: 1. the same old boring set of equips 2. less DEF less LUCK therefore easier dies and more exp % lost when dies (luckless mage give high damage so aim 1 hit KO monsters, try be more pro!) (no one ask u to keep dying and do use that teleport-casting or hit at safe range) 3. cant think of any other..... oh oh yes... and the time used to roll that stupid dice... BAH!!! JUST GET YOURSELF A LUCKLESS MAGE !!!!!!!!!! NO REGRETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's 15:3 therefore what do u have to lose be a LUCKLESS MAGE today !! Just one time that u just need to get ur hands dirty on buying, risking, scrolling and after getting a godly scrolled prefect stat piece of equip... after that headache and it's once and for all !! and impress others with that super high damage you can do without any of those expensive magician equipments ;P -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 11.0 ABBREVIATION ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AP - Ability Point SP - Skill Point MP - Magic Point LVL - Level MIN - Minimum MAX - Maximum & - And KO - Knock Out <3 - LIPS DOING A KISS EXP - Experience % - Percentage 15:3 - 15 to 3 ratio Qs - Questions STR - Strength DEX - Dexterity INT - Intelligence LUK - Luck MATK - Magic Attack MDEF - Magic Defence GACHA - Gachapon U - You UR - Your R - Are HRS - Hours N/A - Not Available LOL - Laugh Out Loud BTW - By The Way SS - Screen Shot GF - Girl Friend IGN - in Game Names FAQ - Frequently Asked Question DUN - Don't TY - Thank You ATTN - Attention ASAP - As Soon As Possible HAV - Have NTH - Nothing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 12.0 PERSONAL STUFF -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL MY LOVE TO CYNTHIA FOR BEING WITH ME DURING MY UPS AND DOWNS IN LIFE. <3 LOVE YOU !! MAY WE LOVE EACH OTHER MORE AND MORE NO MATTER IN REAL LIFE AND IN GAME. <3 LOVE YOU !! COUPLE: kenson ign: nosnek (Priest) drives a Honda Civic Si 2006 Coupe Limited Edition. 6 speed Hybrid i-VTEC. Neons & Tints. cynthia ign: thiax2 (Ice/Lighting Mage) BEST WISHES TO MY DEAR PAL HENRY AND HIS GF CHERRY. HOPE U BOTH FASTER GET MARRIED XD MAY DRIFTING RULES THE ROAD OF KAYKAY !!! IM FAST BUT NOT SPEEDING !!!!!!!!!!!! COUPLE: henry ign: Dknight82 (Dragon Knight) drives a Mazda RX8 full wide bodykit, woofer, DUB and twin NOS turbo mod. HE ROX!! cherry ign: yUmIkOFkT (Fire/Poison Mage) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- 13.0 CREDITS --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 5.0 4TH JOB SKILLS and 6.1 Abilities are prepared with reference to data from Wikipedia (R) database. SPECIAL THANKS TO >>> www.wikipedia.com <<< Hidden Street helped me a lot on solving quest, finding npc, equips info, maps etc. all information to prepare this guide are all according to Hidden Street database. SPECIAL THANKS TO >>> www.hidden-street.net <<< Thanks to all the below, for pointing out my grammatical and spelling errors, gave suggestions, provide extra informations, comments and criticism. scott99284 (doubt regarding spell accuracy) ZaiZai2k (telling me about yellow eigen) Xyllie (about selling of maps e.g. mg, sotong...) Sincere thanks to u, the one who is reading this ^^ u made my effort worth while... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- PREPARED BY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Copyrights (C) 2006 Kenson. | kenson@myself.com | All Rights Reserved. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- END OF PAGE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- //..grammar checked. //..spelling checked. //..credits made. //..copyrights reserved. //..document saving..........................................................100% //..document saved. //..exit